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Coinage becomes jewellery I WAS interested in your recent comments that old coins can be valuable. I have a set of cuff-links made from four threepences. They are dated 1897 and have a large figure three with a crown on top of the front side. On the reverse is the head of Queen Victoria. Two threepenny pieces are joined together with a silver link making a cuff-link. The other two coins are the same. Would these have any value? E.S. PILABA. Your cuff-links made from four English threepences dated 1898 are part of a large section of Victorian jewellery manufactured from their coinage. This was Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee year, one of great national fervor. These pieces are numismatically collectable but with little value due to the considerable numbers still available. (This answer was prepared by the Queensland Branch of the Australian Numismatic Society. The society meets every month and new members are welcome. Further information can be obtained from the Secretary, PO Box 78, Fortitude Valley, 4006.) I HOPE to restore a rather old pine kitchen cupboard found in a garage. Despite its use as a workbench it is in suprisingly good condition. It would have been a cheap piece in its day, rather than a thing of beauty and quality, but of sound construction. The cupboard is 860mm high x 900mm wide x 400mm deep with perforated metal ends (original judging by their crumbling texture). There is one wide drawer and the top, though split, is solid timber with nicely moulded edges. Unfortunately the front corners have been hacked off at 45deg angles. Could you tell me the approximate age, the best way to remove sump oil stains and whether it is best to re-make the top using old timber or let it be, rough corners and all? E.E. DUIONG. IT is very hard to tell you what to do with your kitchen cupboard. It is the base of a kitchen dresser and would have had an open shelf or glazed door section which rested on the flat top and screwed to the back. With a lot of work it could possibly be made into a functional cupboard,christian louboutin, but then one can go to any retail store and buy a functional piece of furniture. It will never be complete because it is only half a piece of furniture and what is left is not in good order. _ sump oil stains, cut off corners and crumbling metal! Need I say more? Incidentally, I do not know how to remove sump oil stains. THE Queensland Antique Dealers Association, which compiles this column, will answer queries on antiques. Send them to Inquiring Collector, Living, The Courier-Mail, Locked Bag 8888, GPO, Brisbane 4001. Please send dimensions and a photograph of the piece if possible. Photographs will not be returned and personal replies cannot be given. This column does not give valuations.